Jambalaya

 
C                               G   
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go,  me -  oh,   my - oh.
                      G7              C
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou.
                             G
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me  -  oh,  my  -  oh.
                       G7          C
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.
 
C                                        G
Feeble doe,  fountain  oh,  the place is buzzin'
                      G7             C
Kin folk come to see Yvonne  by  the dozen.
                                                  G 
Dressed in style,  they go hog wild,  me  -  oh,  my   -  oh
                            G7           C
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.
 
(Chorus)
C                                   G
Jumbay -la   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo,
                            G7        C
For tonite I'm gonna see my me-cher a me - oh
                                    G
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh
                            G7           C
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.
 
C                                       G
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue,
                        G7           C
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
                                    G
Swap his mun  to by Yvonne what she need-oh,
                          G7           C
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.
 
(Lead),   (chorus)   (chorus)